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Can You Name All These Carnivores From an Image?

ANIMALS

By: Ian Fortey

6 Min Quiz

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About This Quiz

Generally speaking, a carnivore is any animal that gets most if not all of its nutrients from eating meat. Sure they can supplement their diet with the odd vegetable or a Hawaiian pizza, but for the most part, they hunt their prey and devour it in a way that is both natural and kind of hard to watch if you're a little squeamish. But that's just the Circle of Life, right? It's all part of the grand scheme and even if it seems a little brutal sometimes it's how nature has operated for literally millions of years at this point. Carnivores eat meat and meat, as most non-vegans will tell you, can be pretty tasty. So it's not all that hard to get inside the head of a carnivore and understand where they're coming from. Even omnivorous humans can sometimes succumb to a massive, meat-filled barbecue weekend.

Depending on how well you know your meat-eating animal cousins, this quiz either be a walk through the park or a brain-busting tour de force. But if you're pretty confident in your carnivore-identifying skillset then you need to put on the grill, tenderize some steaks and get your brain sizzling with this quiz.

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Coyote

Aardwolf

Maned wolf

Striped fox

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According to the internet, this animal don't care. What is it?

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Wolverine

Ermine

Eurasian weasel

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This animal will eat prey as small as insects and as large as deer. Do you know what it is?

Mountain lion

Bobcat

Puma

Savannah cat

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Sunbear

Black bear

Grizzly bear

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Caracal

Geoffroy's cat

Jungle cat

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Spectacled bear

Panda bear

Sloth bear

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Ocelot

Wolverine

American badger

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Dhole

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Timberwolf

Red fox

Coyote

Dingo

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Golden civet

Fossa

Bat-eared fox

Fisher

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Maned wolf

Aardwolf

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Spotted hyena

Coyote

Swift fox

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Dugong

Bear cat

Spotted hyena

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Nile monitor

Komodo dragon

Green tegu

Rock iguana

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Swift fox

Plains fox

Red fox

Arctic fox

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Pampas fox

Grey fox

Darwin's fox

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Caracal

Fisher

Jaguarundi

Bobcat

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Dingo

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Ocelot

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Jaguar

Cougar

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Cheetah

Tiger

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Walrus

Sea lion

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Mink

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King vulture

Bald eagle

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Red-tailed hawk

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Tyto owl

Screech owl

Barn owl

Great horned owl

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Hammerhead shark

Thresher shark

Tiger shark

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This creature could be mistaken for a snake. Tell us what it is.

Piranha

Tigerfish

Moray eel

Barracuda

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Leopard

Cheetah

Tiger

Jaguar

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Badger

Serval

Raccoon

Skunk

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Some people harvest these guys for food. What is it?

Poison dart frog

American bullfrog

Tree frog

Suriname toad

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Ocelot

Jackal

Mongoose

Serval

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This majestic animal is a symbol of America. Name it!

Bald eagle

Peregrine falcon

Northern goshawk

Kestrel

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Word is this predator can get up to 10 feet in length. What is it?

Barracuda

Piranha

Alligator gar

Devil ray

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